The Genographic Project

The National Geographic Society, IBM, geneticist Spencer Wells, and the Waitt Family Foundation have launched the Genographic Project, a five-year effort to understand the human journey – where we came from and how we got to where we live today. This unprecedented effort will map humanity’s genetic journey through the ages. […] The Genographic Project has three core components: field research; public participation and awareness Campaign, and genographic legacy project.